Joshua Redman 3x3
Friday, February 17, 2023
Cincinnati, OH @ Memorial Hall

Shure MV88 > iPhone 7 > Motiv Audio App > WAV > FLAC (24/48)
Recorded by Funk It Blog (from balcony front row, two seats left of center)

01. Introduction
02. Brilliant Corners [Thelonious Monk] >
03. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart [Duke Ellington]
04. United [Wayne Shorter]
05. Mood Indigo [Duke Ellington]
06. intros & banter
07. I Mean You [Thelonious Monk]
08. Night Dreamer [Wayne Shorter]
09. We See [Thelonious Monk]
10. ???
11. ???
12. Encore:
13. Caravan [Duke Ellington]

Joshua Redman - tenor saxophone
Larry Grenadier - bass
Joe Dyson - drums

The charismatic jazz saxophonist plays the music of three giants of jazz. Redman’s new 3×3 project emerged in part from his COVID-19 pandemic experience. Literally on his way to the airport for a three-week tour of Europe when the world shut down in March 2020, the saxophonist found himself in the ­unprecedented situation of not being able to make music with another human being for over six months.

“When I finally started getting together occasionally with folks for outdoor jam sessions,” he recalls, “the approach was predictably casual: ‘Let’s just play some tunes.’ Naturally, a lot of the tunes that were called were ones written by Duke, Monk, or Wayne.” He views the canonical contributions of these musical masters as key-way stations in his own artistic development. “The beauty and genius of Duke, Monk, and Wayne is that their compositions beg no ­‘reinvention.’ They are so cogent and complete and yet so broadly malleable and interpretable just as they are . Of course, I’m not promising I won’t throw in a few of my own originals or original arrangements from time to time. It’s jazz. It’s improvisation. We go with the flow!”

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Jazz superstar Joshua Redman’s latest project is a celebration of the power of three—the music of three iconic jazz composers interpreted in the classic trio format of saxophone, bass, and drums. The music is drawn from the works of Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and Wayne Shorter, each of whom Redman considers “not just relevant but foundational” musicians. The 3×3 concept emerged in part from Redman’s COVID-19 pandemic experience, and now the legendary saxophone player, composer, and 10-time Grammy Award nominee brings his unique style of intimate,
virtuosic jazz to UGA for the first time.

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